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Ogden Nash: Dogs display reluctance...

Ogden Nash: Dogs display reluctance...

Dogs display reluctance and wrath
If you try to give them a bath
They bury bones in hideaways
And half the...

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Ogden Nash: Women would rather...

Ogden Nash: Women would rather...

Women would rather be right than reasonable.

Source: Frailty, Thy Name is a...

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Ogden Nash: Why did the...

Ogden Nash: Why did the...

Why did the Lord give us so much quickness of movement unless it was to avoid...

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Ogden Nash: The camel has...

Ogden Nash: The camel has...

The camel has a single hump;
The dromedary, two;
Or else the other way around.
I'm never sure. Are...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Cleave ever to...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Cleave ever to...

Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.

Source: The Ancient Sage, 68
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: As the many-wintered...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: As the many-wintered...

As the many-wintered crow that leads the clanging rookery home.

Source: Locksley...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dust are our...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dust are our...

Dust are our frames; and gilded dust, our pride
Looks only for a moment whole and...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Closer is He...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Closer is He...

Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.

Source: The Higher...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: God's finger touched...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: God's finger touched...

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

Source: In Memoriam, 85 (Note: the stanza...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Her eyes are...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Her eyes are...

Her eyes are homes of silent prayer.

Source: In Memoriam, 32 (Note: the stanza...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: High above roaring...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: High above roaring...

High above roaring Temple-bar,
And set in Heaven's third storey,
I look at all things as they are,
But thro'...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I am shamed...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I am shamed...

I am shamed thro' all my nature to have loved so slight a thing.

Source: Locksley...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I embrace the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I embrace the...

I embrace the purpose of God and the doom assigned.

Source: Maud, III
-- Alfred,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I come from...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I come from...

I come from haunts of coot and hern,
I make a sudden sally,
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Much have I...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Much have I...

Much have I seen and known; cities of men
And manners, climates, councils, governments,
Myself not least, but...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I the heir...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I the heir...

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

Source: Locksley Hall,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Only reapers, reaping...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Only reapers, reaping...

Only reapers, reaping early
In among the bearded barley.


Source: The Lady of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Now lies the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Now lies the...

Now lies the Earth all Dana? to the stars.

Source: The Princess, VII, second...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: So all day...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: So all day...

So all day long the noise of battle rolled
Among the mountains by the winter sea.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The jingling of...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The jingling of...

The jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honour feels.

Source: Locksley...

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